Michael Schultz, FCRH ’04, and Lauren Rearick Schultz, FCRH ’05, welcomed a daughter, Abigail Frances Schultz, on July 21, 2019. She joined her brother, Noah Lincoln.

Thomas Porrovecchio, LAW ’06, and his wife, Maria Pasqua Palladino, welcomed their son, Carlo Giuseppe, in November.

Mark Haslinger, GABELLI ’06, and Erin Mills were married at a New Year’s Eve ceremony in Hopewell, New Jersey.

Sarah Dreher, FCRH ’07, and Tim Dinneen, FCRH ’08, GSAS ’16, were married on Aug. 16, 2019, at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle in Manhattan, where they first met at the University’s annual Festival of Lessons and Carols concert five years earlier. Both bride and groom served in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps after graduation. Sarah now manages a mental health clinic for Goodwill Industries, and Tim is vice president of philanthropy at the Bank of New York Mellon.

Vijay DaCosta, GRE ’10, and his wife, Erin, welcomed their daughter, Esmie Jean DaCosta, into the world on June 23, 2019. Vijay is a middle and upper school religious studies teacher at the School of the Holy Child in Rye, New York.

Christopher Gannon, FCRH ’11, married Helen Felker in Washington, D.C., on April 6, 2019. The couple lives in Philadelphia, where Chris is a public defender and Helen is a speech language pathologist.

Eleni Koutroumanis, FCRH ’11, and Brian McArdle, GABELLI ’11, were married on July 6, 2019, in Orange, Connecticut.

Randy Eliezer Garcia, FCLC ’13, and Sharai Marie Rivera, GSE ’13, were married at the Now Onyx resort and spa in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

Annie O’Hagan, GABELLI ’14, ’15, married Matthew Coughlin, GABELLI ’14, at the Fordham University Church on Nov. 23, 2019.

Meredith Summers, FCLC ’15, and Joseph Harris, FCLC ’14, were married on June 22, 2019, in Charleston, West Virginia.

Did you get married or welcome someone new to your family? Share your news and photos with us at fordham.edu/classnotes.

The sound of wedding bells from the University Church united with the chimes of Fordham’s Victory Bell when Christine Schwall, PhD, FCRH ’09, and Robert Pecci, GABELLI ’08, ran into the victorious Fordham football team after their wedding on November 7, 2015.

Schwall and Pecci have always had plenty of Fordham spirit; they first met in 2007, when they were captains at Fordham’s orientation for incoming freshmen. And they’ve cheered for the Rams together ever since.

“When we found out that there was going to be a home football game the day of our wedding,” Schwall says, “Rob kept joking, saying he wanted to ring the Victory Bell if they won!”

Schwall says they forgot about the joke during the ceremony. But when they were wrapping up their photo session on the steps of Keating Hall, they heard the stadium erupt with cheers—Fordham had just defeated Bucknell University. Pecci and his groomsmen ran to the stadium and arrived just as the Fordham Fight Song ended.

“He stepped out and yelled, ‘I just got married, can we take a picture!?’ and the whole team cheered and was super excited to oblige,” Schwall explains.

The alumni couple and their bridal party, which included several Fordham alumni, gathered with the team by the Victory Bell.

“It was truly special,” says Schwall of the joint celebration.

Fellow Fordham alumni involved in the wedding include the officiant, Daniel G. O’Hare, SJ, FCRH ’68, GSAS ’73, ’86, maid of honor Sara Quinn, FCRH ’09, bridesmaid Jackie Prevete, FCRH ’09, bridesmaid Vanessa Spoto, FCRH ’09, bridesmaid and sister of the groom Kristen Peccilacqua, FCLC ’04, groomsman Chris Vitale, GABELLI ’08, and the groom’s father, Robert Pecci, FCLC ’72. Many more alumni were in attendance as wedding guests.

Visit the Weddings at Fordham webpage for more information on how to plan your wedding at the University Church.